Throughout history, God has revealed Himself to humanity through a series of divine Messengers, whose teachings guide and educate us and provide the basis for the advancement of human society. These Messengers have included Abraham, Krishna, Zoroaster, Moses, Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad. Their religions come from the same Source and are in essence successive chapters of one religion from God.

Bahá’u’lláh, the latest of these Messengers, brought new spiritual and social teachings for our time. His essential message is of unity. He taught the oneness of God, the oneness of the human family, and the oneness of religion.

Bahá'u'lláh said, “The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens,” and that, as foretold in all the sacred scriptures of the past, now is the time for humanity to live in unity.

Founded more than a century and a half ago, the Bahá'í Faith has spread around the globe. Members of the Bahá'í Faith live in more than 100,000 localities and come from nearly every nation, ethnic group, culture, profession, and social or economic background.

Bahá'ís believe the crucial need facing humanity is to find a unifying vision of the nature and purpose of life and of the future of society. Such a vision unfolds in the writings of Bahá'u'lláh.

AUTHORS: PHILIP HAINSWORTH (b. 1919), who has died aged 82, was a leading member of the Baha'i faith in Britain; a prolific writer and lecturer, he was also an enthusiastic worker for the United Nations Association and the World Congress of Faiths. Hainsworth first heard about the Baha'i teachings in 1938, and for the rest of his life he promoted its ideals of world citizenship, internationalism, and the eradication of prejudice. In the 1980s Hainsworth published a number of works, including The Baha'i Faith (with Mary Perkins), which became an established textbook in schools. (Adapted from obituary in the Telegraph, 21 Dec 2001).

Originally available at the Bahá'í­ Study Centre (http://www.bahaistudy.org/audio-books.html).

"You may listen to the audio books on your computer, download them onto an mp3 player or record them onto a tape (45 minute per side) by plugging your cassette recorder into the headphones jack on your speakers. Unfortunately, we have not devised an order to the list. Thanks to the US's and UK's Bahá'í­ Service for the Blind for allowing us to use these tapes! The recordings are in the process of being re-digitized at a higher quality level. The file sizes are larger but the quality is significantly better. So, even you have heard them before, you might want to listen again."

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